via Reed · 8 September 2026 ·14 days ago

Senior Programme Manager - Insurance, Transformation

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
London Contract GBP 208,000 – 260,000
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Senior Programme Manager - Insurance, Transformation, Global, Market Entry

£Market Rate (Inside IR35)

London / Hybrid

6 months

I am currently working with a high-profile, instantly recognisable client who urgently requires an experienced Senior Programme Manager, with a strong Insurance background, to lead a strategically important transformation programme focused on establishing and scaling operations in a new market.

Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience as a Senior Programme Manager leading large-scale business and technology transformation programmes within the Insurance sector

  • Strong experience delivering market-entry, regional expansion, legal entity establishment or greenfield operational set-up programmes

  • Demonstrable experience managing regulatory, compliance and governance requirements within highly regulated environments

  • Experience coordinating multiple workstreams across business operations, technology, legal, compliance, product and third-party suppliers

  • Strong programme governance, planning, risk, dependency and stakeholder management expertise

  • Experience driving organisational readiness, operational mobilisation and transition into BAU

  • Proven ability to establish delivery structure and governance quickly within complex programmes

  • Strong executive stakeholder management skills, with experience operating at C-suite and board level

  • Experience working with globally distributed teams and third-party delivery partners

  • Good technical understanding, with the ability to engage confidently on technology, integration and supplier-related discussions

  • Ability to manage ambiguity whilst driving delivery against demanding regulatory and commercial timelines

Nice to Have:
  • Experience launching new insurance products or services

  • Experience establishing new business operations in a previously untapped market

  • Immediately available

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